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Episode 0526

3/26/2026 – iPacing 200 – Episode 0526

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: is sim racing becoming more mainstream?, some listener follow ups to last weeks show, more MOZA motion info, what happened with Boosted Media and Conspit?, what happened to Team Redline?, what is the proper gear upgrade order? and another disappointment to Mike’s quest for iRacing stats.

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Topics

Premier Racing Setups Andrew Navarro:Points Leader

Guide To Taking Better Photos In iRacing

Thanks to listener Hunter McCall.

What’s In A Name?

iRacing and Apple Vision Pro

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-brings-the-worlds-premier-motorsport-simulation-to-apple-vision-pro

Exploit?

Top 5

Six Years Already?

Great While It Lasted

https://irstats.net

More Sim Centers Opening

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93945/sim-centers-exploding-nationwide

Topic Follow Up: Setup Comparison Tools

https://www.setupdelta.com

Created by listener Scott Velez

https://svappslab.com/iRacing/SetupDiffer/

10.53.1 Release Notes: Free Up Some Space

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93965/release-notes-for-iracing-10-53-1

TK’s Hideout

Did iRacing Nail It?

DOT Compliant?

What Happened To My Car?

Proper Race Prep

New Data Resource

https://app.saturdaysspinout.com/

Rally Time

Team Chevy Simulator

iRacing’s Biggest Exploits

Top Ten Highlights

2026 Sim Gaming Expo Tickets

September 18 – 20, 2026

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Sebring 12HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93459/2026-sebring-12-hour-powered-by-vco

IMSA Classic 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93454/imsa-classic-500-special-event-update

Vintage Grand Prix Tour

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/94072/2026-vintage-grand-prix-tour-schedule

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-24th-to-march-30th-2026

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Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Useful Or Unecessary?

Heusinkveld Display Dash

Bavarian SimTec Spacer

https://www.bavariansimtec.com/products/spacer

Stream Deck Plus+Mk1/Mk2 Console

https://simsportgadget.com/products/stream-deck-plus-and-mk2-mk1-combo-console-mount

Conspit Review: What Happened?

New Name, Same Asetek

The Proper Upgrade Order

Dale Jr Replica MPI Wheels

https://maxpapisinc.com/product-tag/dale-jr/

Shouldn’t Be This Good

MOZA Motion: Hands On

Revuelto By MOZA

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Darlington

David – P9 – streak over, time to start a new one
Brad- P7 What a race of ups and downs. Was spun twice but was able to battle back to the top 10 both times. The race craft was definitely lacking at Darlington this week.
Kyle – P3 Started P5. The car was so comfortable in the corners and was just on rails. Got up to P2 and pulling in the leader. Lap 102 Caution comes out after 50ish lap run and a car was stopped on the track and I couldn’t avoid him and T boned him for 90 seconds of damage. Get the damage fixed and the car came ot life again. Worked my way back from P11 to bring it home P3.
Joe – P26

Sunday Open- NiS – Darlington

David – P9 great long run car, running top 5, terrible on short run especially cause we had 3 cautions in a row and the track changed
Kyle – P5 Started P5 and kept it up near the front the whole race. Had several 20-30 lap runs but got caught up in 2 GWC wrecks and had to settle for a P5 after running int he the top 3 most of the race.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Martinsville

Kyle – P18 Welcome to the iPacing 200. Started P19 and worked my way up to P2 after a half dozen cautions. Racing the leader on a mini run off of 4 and self spun and then hit by every car but the pace car I’m pretty sure even all the spectators’ cars hit me as well. Couldn’t avoid the wrecks in front of me because no one holds the brake when they’re wrecking. Got a drive through close to the end and got spun with 30 to go and got high centered on the turn 4 curb. Decided to avoid anymore x’s and just fixed my 5 minutes of damage and came back out with 4 to go.
David – P26, pretty much had a mid pack car, something weird happened twice including the last lap. When racing hard in lane 2, i got on the brakes and the car just shot to the right, not by any contact. I have never felt this in this car before.
Brad- P23 Self-inflicted poor finish. Started on pole but went just a second too soon and was black flagged. Was not paying attention when coming into the pits (turning off all pit items) and sped. That left me two laps down. When I came out of the pits it was right as the yellow came out. I pulled up beside the ace car but it never told me to pass it or stay behind it. I passed it as I thought I came out before it did. Nope passing under yellow, another hold. Went 4 laps down and stayed there the whole race. Due to attrition I went from 37 to 23 at the finish. I had a hard time going to sleep last night thinking about all of the unforced errors in this race.

Thursday Open- NiS – Martinsville

David – P15 start on pole, same guy spins his tires 3 tires on late restarts and destroys my car the third time. Some how an apology isn’t enough when you make the same mistake 3 fucking times in a row

Official Series

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Sebring Endurance Race

William W – P7 – Got caught up in massive wreck on lap 0 in sunset. It wasn’t caused by anyone being super aggressive or making a bad move, the guy in 4th just lost it when he hit the brakes on cold tires, collected the guy in 5th, and both of them bounced off the tire barrier back into the track. There wasn’t much place to go for the people right behind it, and there were still 32 cars coming through. Out on lap 2 for my fast repair and then it was just pushing from there. After all pit stops were completed I think I was around P11, and ran down the next spots. I have some huge pace here, wish I’d have gotten to test it with the leaders.
Brad W – P8 Started around p15 or so. I avoided the massive wreck in Sunset on the start (had damage though). Decided to stay out and try to keep track position and make the best of the damaged car. Ended up getting collected by a spinning GTP driver (I think he had about 7 spins over the race). That gave me nose damage and made the rest of the first stint miserable. Used fast repair at first stop and stayed around p7-9. I did not take tires at second stop but did not have the pace of Westbrook as he ran me down over the closing laps. Good practice for this weekend.

Final Thoughts

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iPacing 200

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John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

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March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Episode 0525

3/19/2026 – MOZA Has Left The Chat – Episode 0525

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: find out what was fixed in the first patch of the 2026 Season 2 build, the iRacing forums have been busy during week 13, more expo announcements, Simagic releases its EVO Ultra wheel base, is SimLab getting closer to their release?, a DIY belt tensioner from a listener, more MOZA motion information, find out how to stay hydrated during those long races.

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Topics

2026 Season 1 By The Numbers

iRacing Diecast

2026 Season 2 Video Development Update

Time For a Refresh?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93755/nuerburgring-refresh

Qualifying Trick?

Grid Chief

https://gridchief.com

Watch Max Take On The NLS

Can We Make Them More Special?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92731/make-special-events-more-special

Stay Thirsty My Friends

Not That Intelligent

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93555/critical-ai-issue-at-st-petersburg

More Week 13 Complaints

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93579/complaint-regarding-week-13-format-and-the-removal-of-a-and-b-series

2026 Season 2 Patch 1 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93631/2026-season-2-patch-1-release-notes-2026-03-13-02

Ignition Issues?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/91257/ignition-switch-no-longer-toggles-power

Contest Time

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93652/season-02-2026-contests

2026 Sim Gaming Expo Tickets

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Sebring 12HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93459/2026-sebring-12-hour-powered-by-vco

IMSA Classic 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93454/imsa-classic-500-special-event-update

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-17th-to-march-23rd-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Too Boujee?

The Debate Continues

In this video, professional driver Daniel Morad tests the Bigscreen Beyond VR headset to determine if he should switch from his triple-screen setup to VR. While he praises the

The EVO Ultra Finally Arrives

The Simagic Alpha EVO Ultra is reviewed by Sean Cole of The Simpit as a powerful yet

What Was It That I Changed That Made Me…?

DIY Belt Tensioner

LightBridge Explained

Thi

Want To Go Big

Simlabs DDS Is Being Finalized

Heusinkveld One: Long Term Review

7.8 Inch Vcore Screen Case

Pro Profiles For Stream Deck

Vero Motion Belt Tensioner

VRS And Ascher

Simsonn SQ Pro Shifter

Vero Motion Legend 6DOF

Corsair Xeneon Edge

MOZA Motion And AI

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Las Vegas

David – P19 HAPPENS AGAIN, get taken out by a car who cant hold his line when its three wide and he’s off pace. Other than a COTA race i’ve been wrecked every single nis race
Tony -P something something caught in wreck got stuck 3 laps down
Brad- P20 Wrecked again. Another race that I spent 80% of the race running in the top 5-10 to only get wrecked late in the race. We had a stackup on a restart that caused a huge stackup on the start. Was 5 wide at one point. Only to get shuffled to the back trying to be safe, then collected in someone else’s crap.

Sunday Open- NiS – Las Vegas

Tony – P30 something. On this week of 1023 ways to be wrecked. A redbull car wrecked a Logano car that i was gonna miss til said Logano car jerked his wheel to the right and ended my night
Brad – P27 Wrecked again! Another race where I run in the top 5-10 but to be collected in another mess. This was caused by a driver that was laying back and jumping every restart. He managed to pass about 8 cars this time and would then drive down 2 lanes getting into T1. This would collect about 8 of us. Too much damage, day is done. I did protest him and used 3 of the most egregious restarts as examples. Received the normal response from the stewards, which tells me that nothing happened. He was racing later that day.
Greg -P19 Wrecked racing for a top 5 late had 7 minutes damage early in the race, lots of cautions let me repair all of it and be competitive again
Kyle – P5 Started P10. Lap 6 I snap loose in turn 3 and slam the wall for 3 minutes of repairs. Repaired the damage over the next 4 cautions. Dropped back to P33 and just worked my way forward through the field. Car was tight on the exit of 4 and just had to back my corner entry up and save tires while still moving forward. Lap 105 raced a guy for 12th and I took the high line into 3 and he just didn’t even check up or attempt to turn and knock me in the Left Rear. I’m able to save it but fell back to P21 and had to fight my way forward again getting up to 10 with 2 laps to go. A caution falls after a 40+ lap run. Pit for tires and a splash of fuel come out 17. Restart and the leader wrecks taking the green triggering our 2nd GWC and I move up to 14th. Restart again and turn 1 3 drivers wreck moving me up to 11th and our 3rd GWC. Restart and it stays clean and I just focus on running the bottom line and squeezing a couple of cars to end up with a P5.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Las Vegas

Mike- P24- got wrecked in a incident around lap 30 car was never the same and slow just limited around forever. It eventually got a drive-through penalty on the final green white checker P 24.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Darlington

Justin – P1 Got a couple lucky cautions
Chris – P8
David – P22, started in the pits thinking of course there will be a caution. We go 60 laps, never get my lap back until about 30 to go on a wave around, and get the passing under yellow bullshit even though i never passed anyone. Additionally first run, I ran a guy down, a car in front of us is rolling but is on the slower side. I hold my lane to use him as a pick and the car on the out side intentionally doors me out of the way. I warn him that when I get back to him he best move out of the way. He didn’t so I ran him hard in turn 1 and he gave himself 4 minutes of damage on the wall. Why even fight someone for a position when they have run you down from starting in the pits, then hit them on purpose, and then refuse to not continue to fight for a position your going to loose. And I just watch the replay I didn’t even drift up, he’s just a talentless hack who cant run side by side and put him self in the wall
Brad- P34. Wrecked again while running in the top 10. Inside a guy coming off T2 and he can’t keep it off the wall. Bounces off hits me and I can’t get it turned to avoid the inside wall. Left front clobbered. Too much damage.
Adam- Started 35th.. 4th with 13 to go and spun the tires on the restart and spun. Got back to 11th. Feels good after a couple years off driving this car to be competitive out of the gate

Thursday Open- NiS – Darlington

David – Pwrecked, car side ways, no chance, 17 in a row now in nis. I’m now ready to pause my iRacing Membership, this isn’t enjoyable, and they aren’t fixing shit that needs to be fixed.

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P18 (Darlington) The first race of the week started off great, running p3. Long green flag run and a green flag pit stop. Only to have a yellow come out during which trapped a bunch of us a lap down. I’m able to get the wave by coming to one to go. I’m catching the back of the pack coming off on T4 to take the green and then my spotter yells at me to wait for a car that is on the BACKSTRETCH! Yep, BF for passing under yellow. Race ruined.
- P19 Top split running around 13th. Making my green flag stop and speed coming into the pits. 40 second hold, race ruined. At least I could blame myself for this one.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Silverstone Sprint Race

William W – P10. I’m not the greatest at this track. I have a little pace, but it just hasn’t clicked for me and I can’t find those last few tenths. Surprised myself and qualified 5th. Made it through the horrible start because the only option is a short parade lap here and the gt3s start in the hairpin chicane before the line. Then around turn 6 I don’t respect the cold tires and send myself into the outside wall. Small hit but gave me wheel damage. Was able to drive it to the pit window, but lost a lot of time. Was able to get back up to 10th after everyone pit and got some ams on pace, but overall just a miserable night for me. Extra sad as this is the only race I’ve really done in the last 3 weeks.

Final Thoughts

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Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

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March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Episode 0524

3/12/2026 – I Paid For Those Buttons – Episode 0524

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: iRacing announces a new GT3 series, it’s week 13 and time for release notes, should you upgrade to the Simucube 3?, another trip down the rabbit hole of formula wheels, are haptic seats worth the costs?, 2026 Season 2 social media round up and we found the Podium 1 rig that we all can afford.

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Topics

Freedom 250 Track Map

2026 Season 2 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93285/2026-season-2-preliminary-schedule-pdf

INDYCAR At Arlington Track Preview

New Build Social Media Round Up

2026 Season 2 Build Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93268/2026-season-2-initial-release-notes-2026-03-09-03

Can You Tell Which Is Real?

Auto Launch Sessions

DTM Series Coming To iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-teams-up-with-dtm-for-all-new-iracing-dtm-series

The Only Podium1 Rig We Can Afford

Hocevar’s Hosting

IMSA Global ESports Championship Schedule

2026 Sim Gaming Expo Tickets

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

NEC 2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93057/2026-iracing-nuerburgring-endurance-championship

Sebring 12HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93459/2026-sebring-12-hour-powered-by-vco

IMSA Classic 500

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93454/imsa-classic-500-special-event-update

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-10th-to-march-16th-2026

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

21R P1X

Worth It?

Feel Everything

Tract Time Series One

Simracing PC Fully Customizable Button Box

Should You Upgrade?

Grip Royal Steering Wheels

https://griproyal.com

Snap Link Orbit Arm

https://printedsimracing.com/products/snaplink-orbit-arm

Next Level Racing Integrated Haptics

Stream Deck Plus XL

MOZA mBooster Mounting Plate

https://focussimracing.com/products/focus-sim-racing-mbooster-mounting-plate

New iRacing Stream Deck Plugin

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93128/tool-iracedeck-free-stream-deck-plugin-for-iracing-200-controls

Build My Rig

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RS Mega+ By eRacing Lab

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MOZA HMA150 Motion

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Phoenix

David – P7, just got lucky towards the end with a 2 tire stop, but still had to fix minutes of damage and work my way up
Brad- P34 Started p4 but was collected in an accident on lap 35 that ended my race with too much damage.Not sure that I have ever had a good Phoenix finish in NiS.

Sunday Open- NiS – Phoenix

Tony – P30 caught in a wreck early on, same ole song and dance.
Greg -P4 – top 8 all race had 2 – 50 plus long runs and green flag pitstops
Kyle – P8 Started P15 Behind Tony. Slow start to the race with plenty of cautions. Lap 18 running P6 and P7 over drives turn 1 spinning me and collects tony and sends him to the inside getting T-Boned by another car ending Tony’s day. Repaired the damage and had a fast car. Definitely a long run setup. Going from 23rd to 2nd and running down the leader after a 65ish lap green flag run. Pitted with 60 to go and restarted 2nd. Couldn’t find the speed and grip I needed to pass the leader and slowly faded to finish P8.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Phoenix

Mike- P9- initially came from 23rd up to 13th second run I faded a bit then I got wrecked not too much damage but the car wasn’t the same after that then green flag stops at the end to split the run in half and that saved me got a lot of spots, and I finished P9.
Justin – P wrecked out

Wednesday Open -NiS – Las Vegas

Tony – P28 was pinched against the wall when an asshat made it 3 wide when i backed off he wrecked the car next to me causing damage. I just couldn’t recover. Remember when iRacing used to be fun?
David – P17, screwed over by caution timing and then slammed into the wall, then slammed out of line by a guy cutting the apron on a track where the apron isn’t racing surface. I’ve been caught up or hit 13 out of 14 nis races,
Brad- P21 wrecked again. Started p8 and was in the top 10 until lap 24 when the leaders wrecked for about the third time. I could not avoid it and ended up with 11 minutes of damage. I went 9 laps down getting enough fixed to where the car was drivable. Managed to get all the damage fixed and made up 7 laps with lucky dogs. This is one of the best tracks on the schedule but unfortunately no one in NiS can drive it. Trying to stay positive!

Thursday Open- NiS – Las Vegas

Mike- P5! I was super fast and had a problem where I spun out three different times on my own in the middle of the corner, totally embarrassed and lost all my track position each time, but was able to drive back up through there. Never was really in contention to win but nice to get a top five
David – P 28 wrecked. Guy was pinching me early, fixed 7 minutes. Get wreck on last lap because a guy turns another guy into me. I’m tired of this
Joe – P3

Official Series

League / Hosted Races

MEC Sebring 6 Hour

Will, Brad and William – P4 in class (we think). Official results have not been posted. We had a rather chaotic start to the race as Weaver qualified and was planning to start but switching Discord channels messed that up. Westbrook jumped in the car with lottery seconds to spare. He would avoid multiple accidents in the opening laps. The car was turned over to Weaver and he got into a good rhythm quickly. I would take over the car for my double stint but would get a Safety Car about 20 minutes into the first stint. After the restart we were just outside the top ten but would get murdered on the second lap after the SC before going into LeMans. The car was heavily damaged and we had to use our fast repair. That would cost us a lap that we never got back. I would have a sin early after a second stop for tires. I spent about 2.5 stints in the car and would turn it over to Westbrook and Weaver to finish. Westbrook would have a lazy spin early in his stint resulting in very minimal nose damage that did affect top speed. That was fixed when Weaver got in to take us to the checkers. We should have been p10 overall and p4 in class. A very good points day after the DNF in the season opener at Daytona.
Tom & David & Kyle- p10, we had a car spin in front of us and got rear ended to loose our wing. I just keeps happening

Final Thoughts

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Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

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March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

Episode 0523

3/5/2026 – Installation Lap – Episode 0523

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, why do race tracks die?, are the VRS Pedals the end game?, VNM: cheaper for a reason?, see what is changing in week 13, why GT3 Racing in iRacing is a joke, does wheel size really matter?, what happened to the Gen4 car and why you should beware of sim racing YouTube scammers.

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Topics

iRacing On The Hood

Spectrum Night In America

Why You’re Stuck

Why Race Tracks Die

What Happened?

Scammers?

2026 Season 2 Build Previews

He Never Stops Racing

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVZxCI3kTfG/?img_index=2&igsh=MWJuN3I3bHAxcXFnZA%3D%3D

iRacing GT3 Is A Joke?

New Ranked Series Added To Week 13

New Content Confirmed…Sort Of

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93002/fiat-500-coming-to-iracing

Coke Series Qualifying Drama

Running Late This Year

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92555/we-are-running-late-for-this-year-s-announcement

2026 Sim Gaming Expo Tickets

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

MEC Round 2: Sebring 6HR

https://majorsseries.com/event/sebring-6-hour—round-22026

VCO Infinity 6

NEC 2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/93057/2026-iracing-nuerburgring-endurance-championship

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-march-3rd-to-march-9th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Can I Get An Aspirin?

End Game?

Aiologs H-Pattern Shifter

Cheaper For A Reason

Torq Sim 6 DOF

https://torqsim.com/

Enduro By Tillett Racing Seats

TRX Sunset Orange

https://trakracer.com/collections/racing-simulators/products/racing-trx-sunset-orange

Oversaturated?

Size Maters

Motion From MOZA?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Phoenix

Chris – P 23. Cautions 24 for 75 laps. We couldn’t make it though turn one and if we did we couldn’t compete a lap. Split 2 4000 iR race and it was garbage I kept getting caught up in a someone else’s mess. Friday I’m back riding until 30 to go.
David – P 26
Brad- P 24 Started p4 and was up front till about halfway. I missed a shift getting into turn 1 and put it in the wall. 100% on me and no one else to blame. WHAT AN IDIOT!

Thursday Open- NiS – Phoenix

Mike- P4- got wrecked in a three wide in the first caution 2 1/2 minutes damage got that repaired kept the lead lap made my way forward after the halfway Mark up as high as P2 was P3 on the final green white checker didn’t get it done finished P4. Great run we’ll take it.

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P3 Phoenix, started on pole and led the first 15 laps. Settled into second and was really surprised that we only had one caution early in the race. Pitted a little after halfway but two laps later that p3 and p4. They jumped me by pitting early and I was only able to get back past p4. Really happy with the result. Much better than the Monday start that never had made it past the dogleg.

Ring Meister

Mike – P GT threes started from Paul position about halfway through the lap. I clip curb and put it in the wall.
- Then start a P3 and hit some curbs and wrecked out
- Then started second got to the lead. Then some guy was trying to run me over. He kept trying to I think purposely wrecked me. He gave me eight incident points. He finally got around me. I was upset and actually wrecked.
- Then switch cars to the BMW M2. Start at 15th made it through the initial part of the lap, but then overdid one corner and stuffed it in the wall.
- Then wrecked out again, hitting the wall
- Then started a third and ended up winning winner winner, chicken dinner I had to earn it. 138th career win. Relieved to get it done on a Monday night first day of the week.
- Trying for back-to-back wins, but I’m not qualified yet so started 23rd got to fourth and then spun it lifted at home for a P9.
- Then started a 22nd got up to fourth by the end of lap one eventually to third before I spun off and put it in the wall
- Start a 23rd Roling off the grid coming into the green. We’re all going real fast catch it up and then there’s a massive brake check and I slammed into the guy in front of me meatball before we even take the green flag.
- Then started third was running second when a guy tried to go side-by-side in the carousel and slammed me. I had damage then later at the end of the lap the guy in second put me in the wall basically and I was done.
- Start a P2 got the lead and turned one and never looked back. Finished P1 was an eight second lead over the field winner winner chicken dinner win number 139.
- I tried for two in a row started at seventh quickly got the second, but then got hit from behind it actually wrecked out

Indycar iRacing Series

Greg – P25 Wrecked out lap 1 guy didnt even hit the brakes for the corner

League / Hosted Races

Major Series – Sebring

David – P4, was p4 when caution came out, it allowed a guy who i had out run on the very long run to get by me. But the leader wrecked himself out.
Brad – P 13 Blown motor running in P2…Ultimate in disappointment.

Final Thoughts

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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

Episode 0522

2/26/2026 – A Smurfing We Will Go – Episode 0522

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Show Introduction

On today’s show; the 2026 Season 2 Development Blog is out, find out the truth about upgrades, why is the Simucube 3 so complicated?, see why sim racing is so hard, can a high iRating impress the ladies?, which retired NASCAR driver reached out for 3-D printer help and why in the world is everyone taking about Smurfs?

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Topics

Sim Racing…Van Life

Ouch!

PRS ENASCAR Factory Pass

Lack Of Communication

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92832/lack-of-communication-from-iracing-to-their-paying-customers

2026 Season 2 Development Blog

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-development-update-february-2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92874/2026-season-2-track-retirement-barber-motorsports-park

Can’t Impress The Ladies

iSmurfing

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92788/smurfing-has-become-a-black-eye-for-this-service

Driver Tagging System

https://simdeck.app/

https://www.reddit.com/r/iRacing/comments/1rdahxq/simdeck_1130_is_out_new_community_tagging_system/

Why Sim Racing Is Hard

3-2-1…Lift Off

Bathurst 12HR Server Issues

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92705/bathurst-special-event-12gmt-launch-issues

Team Chatter

eNASCAR And iRacing Showcased

Build Your Campus

Race Control Pro By VCO

https://race-control.pro

A Better Explanation

2026 Sim Gaming Expo Tickets

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

LVRY To Sponsor The Ring On iRacing

Porsche Esports Supercup Is Back

MEC Round 2: Sebring 6HR

https://majorsseries.com/event/sebring-6-hour—round-22026

VCO Infinity 6

Majors Sebring 2HR

https://majorsseries.com/event/sebring-classic-2h2026-2

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-february-24th-to-march-2nd-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Simworx V3.2 Pedals

https://simworx.com.au/product/pro-gt-v3-2-simulator-pedal-set/

Rig Metal Chassis

https://rigmetal.com/products/rigmetal-flagship-sim-racing-cockpit

The Hard Truth About Upgrades

Sim Motion 160MM Premium Chassis

https://simmotion.com/products/sim-motion-160mm-premium-aluminum-extrusion-chassis

Wheel Base Wraps

It’s Complicated

Helping Jr.

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Echo Park Speedway

David – P4, late race pit strategy got me track position after fixing minutes worth of damage
Brad- P3 Started p12 and was able to stay up front most of the race. Race ended with a few GWC but was able to hold on to p3. I tried Justin Pearson, I really tried.

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Mike- P 22 got wrecked out from the lead with about 30 to go just basically tapped in the corner from behind and it turned me around six minutes damage just limp it home from there-
Chris – P wrecked by a lap car

Wednesday Open -NiS – COTA

Chris – P 3. After a rough Atlanta I was looking forward to COTA. Q’d 3rd in bottom split. Went to second and separated from the field after turn 1. Got the lead and held it for about 15 laps. When putting I drove it in the tire barrier! Ugh. Limped it home to P3. We will see how Friday goes.
David – P17, coming to the line lap 2 a veers to the left over reacting to a car spinning on his outside. He apparently didn’t know I was his left.
Brad- P13 Top Split – I’ll take it as this was my only chance for a start this week. I was slow compared to the leader but kept it on the track the whole race and did not have any major issues. This place is better in this configuration and the adjusted track limits or lack thereof made the event much less stressful compared to previous years.
Greg -P14

Thursday Open- NiS – COTA

Mike- P4 started. P10 ended up having a two or three lazy spins on my own. I actually sped getting off Pitt Road as I was trying to get a drink of water and I end up having to come back in for a 15 second hold got as high as P3, but finished P4. We will take it real happy with this finish. Don’t really like this track.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike – P GT three cars got pole position in the first race was leading, but hit a curb and spun off.
- Then started second, but spun off on my own after hitting a curb
- Then started on Paul got about a 1 point5 second gap and then touched the curbs and spread out and killed the car
- P2- finally got a finish but had nothing for the leader. He was faster than me the whole time and pulled away but a great point day.
- Then started on pole position and finished P3 had nothing for the two leaders they were just playing faster than me.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Interlagos Sprint Race

William W – P24 – By far my worst and least favorite track. Struggled in quali and started 6th. Some super close racing in the first few laps. Got to 5th and got stuck there until the pits. I find it very hard to pass here without a huge pace advantage. After pits got stuck between two mercs. The first was struggling mightily in the turns but I just couldn’t find a way around. With about 7 laps to go the merc behind me hit me going into turn 1 and never really had control of the car after that and had to hit the brakes to keep from spinning into turn 2. Merc behind hit me again and broke the right rear suspension. Let my emotions get the best of me and tried to race him with the broken car going towards 4 and took us both out. End of the night.
Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)
- William- P4 – Monza – This was a planned rain race, and upon loading in it looked like the rain was ending either at the end of quali or the first couple of laps of the race. But it POURED for the first 6 or 7 laps. Again spotty rain comes to monsoon. I’ll post a video on the discord later, but the first 3 laps in the spray my entire screen was white. I still have fun though, and if I hadn’t absolutely murdered my pit strat I think I would have been racing the top 3. I was going to put fuel to try to run until the track dried but I thought it would be earlier when I saw the forecast I thought the track would dry faster than it did and wound up having to pit about 5 laps before the track was ready for dry tires. Once the dry line came in i was equal to fastest on track.

Hosted-

Ellis – P supercars at Indy. They threw a competition caution, but one lap too soon so it turned into a fuel mileage race and I almost won it finished P2.
- Pick up cup at Charlotte finish P4.

Final Thoughts

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February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

Episode 0521

2/19/2026 – Babysitting iRacing – Episode 0521

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show, we revisit the formula class discussion, recap the first week of the IRLP NASCAR Fantasy League, go down the rabbit hole of digital dashboards, see if we can spend Brad’s money while trying to save Mike’s, find out when NiS Divisions were assigned and will the famous Nordschleife need a rescan?

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Topics

A Win That Turned Into A DQ

iRacing = iWarming?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/839777488816708

20 Years Later

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92638/20-years-ago-iracing-takes-on-daytona#latest

Formula Class Follow Up

Right Track…Wrong Layout

Swerv Racing Lounge: Nashville Opening Soon

NiS Division Settings….

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92460/nis-divisions

Barriers Being Moved At The Nordschleife

Reset To Cold Tires Bug

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/780411

iRacing Arcade…Soon

Can I get A Certificate?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92474/does-the-daytona-500-have-a-certificates-award

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Porsche Esports Carrera Cup North America

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92038/porsche-esports-carrera-cup-north-america-kicks-off?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=carrera+cup

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2026/motorsport/porsche-esports-carrera-cup-north-america-marks-inaugural-season-in-2026.html

MPI Challenge

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92055/mpi-challenge-feb-5-19/p1

Bathurst 12HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92109/bathurst-12-hour-presented-by-rss

INDY NXT Series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92591/new-series-iracing-indy-nxt-series

MEC Round 2: Sebring 6HR

https://majorsseries.com/event/sebring-6-hour—round-22026

VCO Infinity 6

Majors Sebring 2HR

https://majorsseries.com/event/sebring-classic-2h2026-2

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-february-17th-to-february-23rd-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Porsche 992.2 Cup Cockpit

Something Is Coming…

HN Motion

https://hnmotion.com.au

The End All Be All?

More Motorsports Themed PC Builds

Best Value?

Ascher 8″ Dashboard

https://ascher-racing.com/int/ascher-racing-8-dashboard

Bigger Is Better

Big But Better Value?

https://kglcreationlab.com/shop/product_category/kgl-sim-racing-magnetic-ultrawide-ddu/?lang=en

Round Digital Dash

https://kglcreationlab.com/shop/product_category/kgl-round-gauge-display-3-4-magnetic-touchscreen-pc-kgl-rgd3-m/?lang=en

Where Is It?

Sabelt Lite

Spend More Of Brad’s Money

AceMorph

PXN CB1 Control Box

Changed Forever?

Get Ready For The HDD Shortage Now

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Daytona 500

Tony -P16 NiS is back and im back. Took a few months off from iracing and i see nothing changed. Except this ran 75 green flag laps from the start which suprised the hell out of me. Screwed up my green flag stops by not realizing where the pit entry cone was along the wall and was caught 65mph at the line. Nothing like spending 50 seconds i. The pits while green. The rash of cautions after the 75 laps got me back on the lead lap and my dumbass did it again with 30 to go. Did finish witj a clean car a lap down
John – P1 WOW. My first ever Daytona 500 win and first ever NIS win. I’ve never felt this kind of emotion winning a race or playing any kind of video game. I screamed so loud my wife came downstairs thinking I was having a heart attack. I’m sure I almost had one. I give credit to team mates Chris Waldron and Justin Pearson. They were spotting me and told me exactly what to do. Without those guys I would have drove it home in 2nd place. This race came down to a G/W/C. I started it in P3 and pushed the first place car around the track. Coming out of turn 4 the high side was clear. I stayed on the bumper of the lead car. I timed is so I could pull out high and make the pass just like Chris and Justin told me to. It worked. I won by .02 seconds. Also want to mention we had some listeners in this race. One kept saying he wanted me to win so he could hear me talk about it on the podcast.

Sunday Open- NiS – Daytona 500

Tony – P22 didn’t speed this time but was taking out with 60 to go while leading a group to the main pack by a bad push

Wednesday Open -NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Justin – P 1
Bobby – P1
David – P wrecked out when guys were going 3 wide while lapping cars
Brad- P18 Started p9 and managed to stay toward the front most of the race. I would end up on a bad pit cycle that would force an extra stop. We had green flag stops after losing a lap, we were running in a group of four cars when passing a slower car I pulled down too soon and clipped the car and hit the wall pretty good. From then on I was caught up in almost every wreck till the end. Not saying anything that I have not said before but this still of racing just does not excite me because I’m never in control.

Thursday Open- NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Mike- P wrecked out. Ran top five just riding took the lead with 45 to go ended up hitting for tires with like 35 to go was the first car on the outside coming back up into the top 10 and got net coated maybe 15 inches away from the bottom guy and put me in the wall hard and too much damage were done.

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P12 Stated p8 and like NiS managed to stay up front as I feel this is the safest spot. Made it to about half way when I was collected in an accident. Coming through the trioval car two ahead of me asked the car behind him not to push him through the trioval, he was very loose. Said driver ignored and continued to push him which resulted in a huge wreck. Again, I don’t like having my race outcome partially determined by other drivers.
John K. – P17 at Daytona. Had a good run going. On the inside in P12 and the guy ahead of me went up into the second lane so I took his spot. He decided to ignore his spotter and tried to get the low line back and took me out.

A Fixed

Mike- P 16. Got the lead with 20 to go pretty easily never pitted for tires. Had one coming to two or three to go. A caution comes out we go to Greenway checker I get snookered on the white and they go below and above me and then I get dumped and finish P 16.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road America Sprint Race

Brad W – P11 Did not qualify very well. Managed to gain some spots early on but would lose the car in turn 1 after being passed by GTP. I pulled in behind him to get a better apex and either he slowed or I was too quick but I taped him and that caused me to spin. The amount of carnage that proceeded after this was really embarrassing. Multiple drivers ignored the yellow flag and were still shifting gears as they plowed into the wreck. That cost me many spots and would gain a few as the race wound down.

Final Thoughts

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Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

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February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Episode 0520

2/12/2026 – Up in Smoke – Episode 0520

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show it’s DAYTONA 500 WEEK and the start of NiS, is I’m sorry enough?, we will look at many long term hardware reviews, is the Heusinkveld One a hate it or love it wheel? find out why you need Simhub, has the eNASCAR GOAT returned? and a guest with a very unique connection to sim racing

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Special Guest

Matt Sassono

Topics

Spotter and Driver Practice

How To Fix Formula Cars/Series

To Protest Or Not?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92317/do-you-protest-if-you-get-an-apology

Oh My, Looks Like An 8x To Me

Necessary Or Nerdy?

The GOAT Returns

2026 A Refreshed Season

https://www.iracing.com/enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-readies-for-refreshed-2026-season

Always The Cone’s Fault

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92287/please-fix-the-cone-we-have-been-waiting-nearly-18-yrs

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Porsche Esports Carrera Cup North America

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92038/porsche-esports-carrera-cup-north-america-kicks-off?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=carrera+cup

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2026/motorsport/porsche-esports-carrera-cup-north-america-marks-inaugural-season-in-2026.html

MPI Challenge

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92055/mpi-challenge-feb-5-19/p1

Bathurst 12HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92109/bathurst-12-hour-presented-by-rss

IndyCar iRacing Series

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92351/2026-indycar-iracing-series-schedule/p1

2026 Daytona 500

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-daytona-500-special-event-2026

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-february-10th-to-february-16th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

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Hardware/Software

Sparco Evo Carbon

Qubic System Long Term Review

Swivel Seat Slider

On A Steam Deck?

Long Term Review

Seat Mover Vs 3 DOF Motion

Worth The Upgrade?

How Good Is It?

GSI Interlock

More Memory Fallout

JJ Gets A New Simulator

Hate It Or Love It?

Another Unique Build

Why You Need Simhub

Mercedes AMG F1 Cockpit

Simagic Alpha Evo Long Term Review

VNM Direct Haptics

Daddy Shark…

Discord Back Tracks On Age Verification

https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/10/discord-backtracks-on-controversial-age-verification-rolloutkind-of/

Simsonn’s New Wheel Base

https://www.simsonn.com/collections/base-hub

Rig Tour

Very Vertical

McLaren Racing Center

Simsonn Handbrake

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Daytona 500

Kyle – P Wrecked OUT BY A DUMB ASS! Went a lap down for speeding in the pits at lap 40. By lap 77 I was the first car a lap down and playing it safe. On lap 98 saw a wreck way ahead and checked up and the car behind me just cleaned me out, sending me head first into the inside wall and causing my engine to blow. Only had a 2X from it but there was still too much damage.
Chris – P 35. Was riding on lap 30 and th car in front disappeared… I got damage and crashed then the car reappeared. Worst netcode I ever saw.
David – P15 had to drop to the back on the last run cause 21x. Had up to 13 minutes of damage getting caught up in wrecks, also spead in the pits to get put in that situation. Was amazed to be keeping up with the draft though with 9 minutes of option repairs. Was down to 1 minute when last run happened
Brad- P2 What could have been. Kept the car perfectly clean the entire race. Planned to play the long game and just ride at the front to avoid the mess and hopefully be around at the end. Managed to lead some laps after the last green flag stop but would ultimately find myself in p2 on a GWC. Was running in p2 coming to the white and was turned in the trioval. Managed to get keep the car going and passed some damaged cars to take the checkered in p3. The leader was DQ’s due to incidents and I bumped up to p2. Very long night…I’m still tired.
John – P12. This was a woulda coulda shoulda race for me. Started on the pole. Everything went great until a green flag pitstop on lap 170. Had everything set up perfectly. Recruited guys to pit with me. They all wrecked going into the pits. I made it through, but got a speeding penalty. If I would have nailed the stop I most likely would have came out in first place. Instead I went a lap down. We had five cautions after that so I got my lap back, but it was too late to make moves. Caught up behind too many lap cars. At least I picked up over 1.0 on my safety rating and 36 irating points. I’ll be running two more of these. Hope to do better.

Thursday Open- NiS – Daytona 500

Mike- P6- was leading on the white went to block the top didn’t quite get the block done. They went around against the wall and I got snookered and fell a P6 real happy that I was in a position to win and got myself as the leader at the end of that race.
David – P11 led a good chuck. Late caution comesout i get a phantom 4x to get a penalty, served it on the 2nd GWC crossed line in 14th but 3 people got last lap penalties.
Chris – P 4. Started P3 on a GWC. Thought we had it. I went high too early and the line was not organized. Wish I had that back.
Bobby – P wrecked out

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P17 (Richmond) top split and was just out classed. Car was tight over the long run but I think that was more of me pressing too hard early in the run. Had a string of yellows but ended up with a 80 lap green run to the finish.
- P5 (Daytona) Stayed up front almost the entire race and actually led some laps. As the the end was getting close the racing became much more aggressive. Lots of three wide before a late yellow that would give us a GWC. We would run the final two laps stacked up three wide and about 5 lanes deep. Great race to the checkered and I picked the right line (inside).
Kyle P – P10 at Daytona. Started P3 and was able to just ride there until after the 2nd caution we pitted and I came out P2. Restarted and got passed by 2 cars on the bottom sending me to P4 where P3 got clipped by the bottom row and I was collateral damage. Had over 2 minutes of repairs. Pitted before pit road opened and got half of it fixed and with 2 till green pitted for the other half coming out in front of the pack about a half a lap before they took the green. Knew if a caution didn’t fall quick I would be lapped and of course it doesn’t and I ride around P15 and slowly pick off positions. With 2 to go the leaders are getting crazy and just throwing blocks like crazy so I sit back hoping for a caution but with one to go It wasn’t going to happen. So I hammer down and just catch the field reaching 204mph I’m flying up on the field and then mayhem happens and I was able to pick up 2 more spots and nearly my lap back but the leader was just inches ahead of me keeping me a lap down with a P10 finish. It was exciting for a 70 lap dash and to be a lap down because If I had gotten my lap back I would have had just enough fuel to finish.
John K. – P27. got wrecked out on lap 1. An idiot forgot to turn his wheel going into turn three on lap one and came up and smashed the car in front of me. I had nowhere to go.

A Fixed

Mike- P 8- was running top five got to the front let a lap or two miss the first three cautions, but got wrecked in the fourth one with front end damage stayed out anyway was in mix on the final lap where I was second on the bottom, but ended up getting wrecked across the line backwards, finishing P8
- P 20 had a grid race going was leading coming into the green white checker. I wanted to get a jump on that restart was looking up at the wall for the restart zone. I see a black sticker on the wall. I think that’s it. No that wasn’t the restart zone. I went about 30 yards too soon black flag. But nice to be in contention and to get back up front where I belong as usual.

B Open

John K – P 6. Overall a safe race. Only one caution. Not a whole lot of action. Single file for the most part until the last few laps. Car was a little loose in the corners, but no problems hanging on to it. Would like to do more of these races, but with the 500 going on I probably won’t get to.

Ring Meister

Mike – P IL 15. Indy next car. Started fifth got through the first lap at the end of the first lap some guy about five car links back didn’t even try to hit the brakes and just flew through the grass and took out six cars in the final corner
- Started P2 finish P3 had nothing for the leader
- Then started on pole, but spun out not once but twice, but still finish. P3 felt like I really gave up the win on this one.
- Then started a third but was quickly wrecked out when a guy did a unshaved rejoin and clipped me just barely
- Then started a third but wrecked out with sloppy driving

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Spa Sprint Race

William W – P4 – Running the Aston in this short season to force myself out of my McLaren comfort zone. I’ve always really liked the Aston in testing, but for here the front end just felt non-existent, and I felt like I was really overdriving it easily. Still had decent pace, and only 1x at Spa, but felt I could do a little better.
Brad W – P wrecked out

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P7- I am dumb dumb dumb. Road America has to be one of my best and favorite tracks, and I have mega pace here. Qualified P2, 0.001 behind a really fast guy. Lost to P3 on lap 1 but got back on the next lap. Did the next 12 or so laps 2.0s behind P1 until I pit, and then I made a mistake like I haven’t in a very long time. I was due apparently. Going into the pits i hit a bump and double tapped my pit limiter, and by the time i realized it wasn’t engaged it was too late. 40sec stop and hold. Ruined a guaranteed P2. Even worse Weaver as my teammate tried to kill himself in T1 about lap 10.

Hosted-

Ellis – P 87 at Daytona P7 got into it with a guy cause he was floating up and I would try to get underneath them and I did which resulted in a bumper book and he got turned. He wasn’t too happy with me. I looked at the replay. It wasn’t too pretty but he did leave an opening and he got turned.

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February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

Episode 0519

2/5/2026 – The Flow State – Episode 0519

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: which sim is best for you?, Dave Cam explains racing rules, the hardware section is full of motion, NiS is right around the corner, why sim racing is better that Formula 2, share with you a new simrig builder website and are sim racing esports dying?

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Topics

2026 Season 1 Patch 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92011/2026-season-1-patch-3-release-notes-2026-02-02-02

Trump And IndyCar

Which One Is Best For You?

eNASCAR Returns

iRacing’s Career Mode Moving Forward

Explaining Rules

From iRacing To IMSA

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/91925/from-iracing-to-imsa-data-analysis-at-daytona

Listener Cody Richardson “The biggest take away is that it’s not perfect, but a smaller budget team just used driver-in-the-loop Sim work just like the F1 teams do. Had similar feedback to setup changes between Sim and real life. And they are going to try working on real setups within iracing to save time at the track. So they are using iRacing like F1 teams use thier own software. I think thats pretty damn cool, and once again proves that sim skill can translate to real life.”

Language Request

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/91638/we-need-a-menu-in-chinese

Would It Work?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/91920/wallet-splits-you-pay-for-everything-for-the-week

How Do You Deal With Sim Rage?

Sim Racing’s Best Advocate

Season 2 Build Confirmed/Rumors

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/89926/2026-season-2-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors

Why Sim Racing Is Better Than F2

From iRacing To Ram

https://twitter.com/racefortheseat/status/2018702462555684973

iRacing…Scan Our Track Please

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1320755476761885&id=100064823344688&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=IxqkSsoMvBZdT314#

Is There A Perfect Combo?

Stop The Bouncing

SIMRACERHUB.COM

https://www.simracerhub.com/index.php?welcome=y

Is Sim Racing Esports Dying?

More James Baldwin Updates

A Record Win Week For Premier Racing Setups

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

MPI Challenge

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92055/mpi-challenge-feb-5-19/p1

Porsche Esports Carrera Cup North America

Bathurst 12HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/92109/bathurst-12-hour-presented-by-rss

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-february-3rd-to-february-9th-2026/

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Another Player Enters A Crowded Market

https://www.specsimulations.com/products/282-sim-rig-in-titanium-mist

3DOF With Lateral G-Force

PXN SF SH Shifter

Conspit Authorized Distributors

Self Built Telemetry Tool

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/91300/wip -building-a-modern-intuitive-telemetry-analysis-tool-for-iracing/p1

That’s A 4X!

Flying Ok, Sim Racing Not Ok

Seat Slider Mounting Tips

Fast Pasta Adds Motion

3D Printed Hand Controls

https://sim.3drap.it/products/hand-controller-hc1-throttle-and-brake-gaming-is-possible-pc

Motor Is Installed

https://www.facebook.com/groups/simrigsetups/permalink/33922358414044844

Vero Motion

Morad Adds Belts To Sim Rig

Hive Hyper

Sim Rig Builder From The Sim Racing Den

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P8 (Richmond) Trying to get back in the cup car and ready for NiS. Started p6 and ran in top 10 for the first 50 laps. Had a second caution and we all pitted from that point on it was the usual Richmond caution fest. I did stay clean the whole night and ended with 0x. Trying to stay positive as we head into the 2026 season.

Ring Meister

Mike – P Cadillac CTSV started in the Paul position. Started to pull away from the field, going up the hill. I blew it and hit the wall then it wouldn’t turn after that and eventually I wrecked out.
- Then started on pole position and drove away from the field of 26 cars to win it by over 12 seconds winner winner chicken dinner third win of the week
- Started P5 and top split made several mistakes but finished P6 with card number 25
- Started a second took the lead right away, but then wrecked in the carousel by myself and blew it
- Started second took the lead kept it with a six second gap up through the white flag and then I touched the curve cause I’m pushing hard to keep the gap and it goes into the wall head first
- Then Monday night, switching over cars to the Dara IL 15 Indy next. First race got wrecked out behind a guy who lost his rear wing. I told him twice to we were coming by, and he still wrecked us.
- Then started P2 but fell to running P5 and then I went off track and ended up finishing P8 when I was trying too hard at the end and somehow I put myself into Pitt Road entrance instead of finishing the race
- That started third they got ran over from behind by fourth place going into turn one of lap one. He drove it in and died to dive on me from about four car links back lock. The wheels wiped us out like we were bowling pins.
- Then starting fifth, I overdrive it a little bit and ended up on the curb. It high centered and spun out.
- Then started P2 and finished P3. The leader drove away from me and I had nothing for him, but it’s nice to get a decent finish finally
- Next two races wrecked out.
- Started Paul position. It was looking good, but the guy in second was all over me. He eventually got me and drove away. I spun once by myself was was able to hold onto the P2. Best finish of the week.
- Started third running third pushing hard to try to keep up with the first two and I basically kill the car, locking the brakes and a heavy breaking zone

IMSA

Brad W – P7 GT3 (Watkins)-Started around 17th much deeper than I wanted. As I have said for years, I’m just not fast here. However was able to avoid most of the mayhem except for a spin coming out of the boot on the start. I think that there is always a wreck on lap one in this area almost every race. I had decent pace and was able to get a good pitstop in and gain ground on the ones that were chasing me. Keeping it clean will normally get a good result.

League / Hosted Races

PRG 500

Chase for $3,000.

Chris W – P7 Started P20, stayed clean and aggressive all night. Late caution set up a GWC and we lined up P10. Leaders wrecked on the restart and we drove through it to P5, but got side drafted back to 7th by a car that went below the yellow line (later DQ’d). Finished P7 and we’re headed to Saturday’s LCQ. Still in the hunt.

Major Series – Intimidator

David – P27
Brad – P20 after starting p10. We chose to run in the back for the first part of the race and that was ok but we lost the draft early and had a yellow not come out we would have been lapped. From that point we decided to stay together and try to make some progress toward the front. David and Donnie would get caught up in accidents that would leave me alone up front. All was good until my internet decided to stop. Lost 6 laps getting back in and from that point mu goal was to try and help teammates. Not what I was looking for but it happens.
Donnie – P5 with a very wounded car.

Hosted-

Ellis – P GEN four at Michigan got wrecked out by a guy who couldn’t hold his lane

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January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Episode 0518

1/29/2026 – Ringfarmer – Episode 0518

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we will revisit the 518 incidents of the Daytona 24, IndyCar to Washington DC?, what are iRacing’s secret licenses?, do you need a motorized seat slider?, checkout the MOZA Mission R wheel, how realistic is iRacing’s Mercedes AMG GT3? and we sit down with Marius Pretorius from Sim Team Architect.

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Special Guest

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Topics

Find The Right Team

https://simteamarchitect.com/

New Sim Racing Studio

Meet The “Sim-gineer”

Second Year, Is It Time To Scan Them?

iRacing Creator Series Season 3

iRacing In The Race For The Seat

VCR Issue

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/91565/replay-auto-on-leader-instead-of-me

Those Involved And Broadbent’s Comments

IndyCar To DC?

Does Tempest Need Tweaking?

WRC Return To The US?

$$$$ Really?

https://teamconti.gg/products/tc-factory-support-enrollment

iRacing’s Secret Licenses

Is It Time?

https://iracerhub.com/2026/01/24/iracing-endurance-safety-cars/

I Quit Sim Racing

Is It Realistic?

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

The Majors Intimidator

https://majorsseries.com/event/intimidator2026-2

Vintage Production Car Challenge

Story Title

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-january-27th-to-february-2nd-2026/

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

NASCAR 25 Ok, iRacing Not Ok

Dream Air From Pimax

Protect Those Seats

Trak Racer Motorized Seat Slider

https://trakracer.com/collections/electronics/products/trak-racer-motorized-seat-slider

Trak Racer Motion/Haptic System

https://trakracer.com/products/trak-racer-motion-haptic-system

MOZA Mission R Review

Purple Race Labs Pedals

The Best But Not The Best Purchase

Too Late For You?

Does Framerate Matter In Sim Racing?

VR vs Triples In iRacing

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

Toyota GR 86cup series fixed

Mike- p3- started on Paul but didn’t have enough speed fell back to third had a guy in fourth beaten on me over and over and I think he was trying to intentionally wreck me at one point, but I still beat him and got a nice podium P3
- Add made a few mistakes during this race, but still finish P5

A Open

Kyle P – P3 Started 5 and kept in the top 5. Pitted on lap 33 and was going to stretch the fuel. Restarted 16th and just worked my way towards the front. After reaching P5 caution comes out with 19 to go pit for tires and come out P5. On the restart P2 spins his tires and check ups the whole outside lane. Set sail and brough it home P3.

Ring Meister

Mike – P Cadillac CTSV couldn’t practice with the AI because it mixed it up with the ford first race started P 10 out of 24 . Wrecked out turned one car feels very unstable.
- Qualified P2. Quickly got to the lead, but then spot on my own fell back to P 22 then rally to finish P8.
- Qualified fifth spun out, fell to the back and started coming back up was going up the hill. Somebody was spun after the fast blind corner and he was literally sideways across the entire track. There was nowhere to go two of us T-bones in.
- Start a P2, but racked out on my own. This car is so hard.
- Then started on pole position and drove away from the field with nobody challenging me and ended up with a 22 second lead at the end winner winner chicken dinner I win every week except for the GT four in this series!!!
- Then started on Paul position drove away from the field and finished with the 28 second lead another win two in a row
- Then top split started on P5 halfway through the second lap I spun out of P3 all by myself by hitting the curbs and killed us

IMSA

Hall – P3 and p7 and the glen, iRating creeping up towards 2000 again, not even trying, just been good tracks for me

Draftmaster

Doug-P 6,7,16,21 been qualifying 9th through 12th. Running Daytona trying to stay out of trouble and find good drafting partners. Also ran Talladega in the carb cup qualified 10th with a 4th place finish.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Off Week

David – P Still out in space some where after getting yeeted violently when a car in front of me wrecked

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P3 – got an off track on my second quali lap so had to start pretty far back around 12th. Was able to go up the field decently fast and think I had P4 by lap 8 but by that point I was about 8 seconds back. I didn’t have time to do any practice at Watkins before quali. Thought I’d be okay but was about .4 off the pace of the top 3. Found the pace by about the last 10 laps but I was already way too far behind. Kept it clean the rest of the race and managed a P3. Not bad for first time being in the rig since the 24.

Hosted-

Ellis – P Chris McGuire old Indy cars at Michigan ended up wrecked out.
- Send Jen for a Talladega winner winner chicken dinner. It ended up being a fuel race, but I pulled it off and made the right move at the right time.
- IndyCar Indy got wrecked out
- Pick up cup at Phoenix qualified 15th.

Final Thoughts

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Ringfarmer

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January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

Episode 0517

1/22/2026 – Embrace The Suck – Episode 0517

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show we’ll recap our Daytona 24 Hour experiences, see which professional racer has joined Team Redline?, another sim to reality story, are MOZA’s new wheels Fanatec and Simagic killers?, what is the best value wheel according to a two-time Daytona 24 Hour winner?, is it time for incident limits in special events? and you suck at sim racing (and that’s OK).

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Topics

Can Sim Racing Prepare You?

Have You Tried It?

James Baldwin Joins Team Redline

7301 SOF!

Why I Have Not Been iRacing

Team Redline 2026

2026 Daytona 24 Hours – By The Numbers

Top Split Winners

A Little Rain In The 24

Is It Time For Incident Limits To Return To Specials?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/772206#Comment_772206

Will The Stewards Take This One Away Also?

No Better Than Console Lobbies?

More Sim To Reality

According To iRacing, This Is An Acceptable Rejoin

Maverick Simulations Sighting

7 Hard Truths About Sim Racing

You will suck.
The only way not to suck is training.
Spending money won’t make you suck less.
The only money that makes you faster is training tools.
Embrace the suck.
Sucking at the hobby is actually fun.
The hobby isn’t just GT3 at Spa.
If you don’t have fun this will suck.

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Find The Right Team

https://simteamarchitect.com/

Marius Pretorius will join us on the next show to give more detail.

The Majors Intimidator

https://majorsseries.com/event/intimidator2026-2

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-january-20th-to-january-26th-2026/

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IRLP Polar Racing League

California Results

Hardware/Software

MOMO Daytona EVO

MOMO Flyer

Mo MOMO

Is This The Fanatec/Simagic Killer?

Simucube Who?

Who Needs A Screen?

Windforce Hyperburst GPU Cooler

Stream Deck Keyboard?

Best Value Wheel

So Big!

iRacing Dashies

https://github.com/tariknz/irdashies

Building A Sim Roof

Better Than Full Motion?

Can It Prepare You For The Green Hell?

LMZ EVO Revealed

Pokornyi TGR-H Is Here

Heusinkveld Display Dash

Too Much Force Feedback?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

Daytona 24 Hour

Brad, Will, Jacob & William – P6 – What a race! Started p16 and would find ourselves as the the top finishing non-Porsche car in the GT3 Class. We had some unforced errors by other cars, a couple of pins and a disconnect along the way. We had zero chance because of the horrible BOP that gifted teh Porsche with extended fuel capacity, great drafting and ridiculous stability through the bus stop. But all that said, we had a great time, some of us learned how not to prepare for a 24 hour endurance race and get to know each other over the course of 24 hours.
Mike, Tom, David And Kyle – P3 I got a 42nd penalty on Pitt Road because I went to the left of the yellow cone two other drivers wrecked out, causing us to lose the lead and fall back to third and we were able to keep that position. We stayed close to the leader and they had a self spin giving us a 6 minute lead. A car spun in front of Kyle, unavoidable. We fall behind. They put their very low skilled driver in we get it back and are swapping the lead with them. A LMP2 spins across the track in front of me, unavoidable, 12 mines of repair. Wrecked out of the lead twice.

Toyota GR 86cup series fixed

Mike- p3/. Start a P4 had a fairly clean race and snookered the guy on the last lap to steal third and get a podium in my first run in this car at the ring.
- Started on Paul position and was able to win it winner winner chicken dinner. I had a great battle with a guy for the first laugh and a half. It was pretty much full contact. He was roughing me up and I was racing him the same way he was doing me at one point he got a little squirrel in front of me and spun off my nose and I went on to win the race
- Started on pole position me and one other guy ended up pulling out for a 27 second lead on the rest of the field he stayed with me the whole time I raced my butt off, but he never got to me and I won the race two in a row winner winner chicken dinner
- Then started second got to the lead, but then got ran over from behind and dumped DNF

Ring Meister

Mike – POK, I just won in my first race attempt in this new car the Ford Mustang FR 500 S. Winner winner, chicken dinner the ring Meister gets it done and first attempt of the week. Stack them up.!!!!!
- This time a top split started 14th got the third by the end of lap one in a very impressive run, but then I made a mistake and hit the wall and killed the car meatball.
- Then started on whole position, but hit a curb and wrecked myself out while leading
- Then started third and finished in P4 pretty uneventful race in top split the top three drove away from me. I had nothing for him. Thet gap be hard.
- Then pull position fell to third about halfway through, but then got loose without even hitting curbs and spun it out and wrecked

League / Hosted Races

Week Nine – California

David – P9 – just how fast i was
Doug – P12 ran the race from the back of the pack, trying to learn from the other drivers and running consistent lap times finished three laps down mainly because of a black flag too fast entering the pits.
John – P14. Dead last. Got wrecked before we even made it to turn one. I don’t think it was done on purpose, but was the result of impatience. Someone should not have tried to squeeze between my car and the wall five seconds into a race. Not smart.

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road Atlanta Sprint Race

William W – P2 CHAMPION!
Brad W – P8 in class p11 overall after starting p26. Not my best track and should have finished higher but killed the tires over the last 10 laps. Almost ran out of fuel because the white was delayed a lap. Did not have a good showing in Season 6 and looking to make up for it in the mini season 6.5 that will start in two weeks. A huge congrats to the Season 6 GRR GT3 Pro Champion, Mr. William Westbrook!
David – P 11

Final Thoughts

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